Investigation on the Biocatalytic Oligomerization of Glycidol

Title: Investigation on the Biocatalytic Oligomerization of Glycidol

Volume: 3 Issue: 9

Author(s): Christine Schutz, Torsten Dwars and Udo Kragl

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Keywords: Amino acids, enzymes, epoxides, polymers, ring opening

Abstract: Investigations on the lipase-catalyzed polymerization of glycidol that are known from literature are presented. We found that the active site of enzymes is possibly not the crucial unit for the catalytic activity. The functional groups at the side chains of different amino acids may be responsible for the catalytic activity.

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Schutz Christine, Dwars Torsten and Kragl Udo, Investigation on the Biocatalytic Oligomerization of Glycidol, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006; 3 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017806778699964